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TUSK Festival
TUSK Festival returns for its 9th edition this October (11 – 13th), once again bringing its uniquely diverse programme of adventurous international music to the North East of England. Continuing its partnership with Sage Gateshead, TUSK again makes full use of the landmark building, its flexible public spaces and truly high-end production values to showcase…
Turn Up The Quiet: Young Women's Music-Making
Meeting point: Opposite the Grab and Go Café on Sage Gateshead’s Concourse (West Door) Thursdays: 5-7pm Do you work with young women aged 13-18 who have a passion for music? CoMusica presents a new series of FREE workshops designed for young women who would like to learn new musical styles and develop ideas. The workshop…
RNS at 60 Welcomes Oslo Philharmonic at 100
Royal Northern Sinfonia welcomes Oslo Philharmonic to its home of Sage Gateshead in March as both orchestras celebrate milestone anniversaries. The Norwegian orchestra under chief conductor Vasily Petrenko, will perform at the North East music venue on Sunday March 10 at 3pm as part of its centenary tour. Royal Northern Sinfonia is currently celebrating its 60th anniversary season. The critically acclaimed…
A Special Northumberland Royal Northern Sinfonia Performance
A Northumberland couple who won a one-off, special performance from Royal Northern Sinfonia musicians, invited residents from nearby villages along to enjoy the prize too. Ken and Alison Carlisle, of Barrasford, won a personal performance from the RNS quartet after being entered into a prize draw following their donation to the orchestra’s 60th anniversary…
Baltic & Sage Gateshead Announce Art 50 Weekender - In Collaboration With Sky Arts
A debate about our national identity will be explored in a free weekend of performance, music and art at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Sage Gateshead in February. The Art 50 Weekender will take place at the two cultural venues on NewcastleGateshead Quayside on February 23 and 24. It is part of a national…
Sarah Fisher returns to Sage Gateshead after whirlwind year
Sarah Fisher, a multi-instrumental musician with a disability, became well-known in the North East last year when her amazing story captured the media’s attention. She has cerebral palsy and whilst studying for her music degree at Sage Gateshead she developed an aggressive involuntary movement in her arm. Playing the piano and percussion helped to control…
Have The Time of Your Life At Sage Gateshead
Full of passion and romance, heart-pounding music and sensational dancing, the classic story of Dirty Dancing is hitting the road again by popular demand, including a week-long run at Sage Gateshead from 19 -25 January 2019. Featuring the hit songs ‘Hungry Eyes’, ‘Hey! Baby’, ‘Do You Love Me?’ and the heart-stopping ‘(I’ve Had) The Time…
Royal Northern Sinfonia takes music to Gateshead community
Older people living in Gateshead were treated to a recital by members of Royal Northern Sinfonia in their nearby community centre. The musicians performed a special concert for visitors to Gateshead Older People’s Assembly’s health and wellbeing hub in Deckham Village Hall. People over the age of 50 who live in Gateshead use the charity’s…
Orchestra Players Perform Special Concert in a Living Room
One lucky Sunderland couple welcomed members of Royal Northern Sinfonia to their home for a cosy performance with their family and friends. Four musicians from the orchestra, Iona Brown (violin), Jane Nossek (violin), Tegwen Jones (viola) and Daniel Hammersley (cello) performed to David and Elaine Hannington and an audience who gathered in their living room,…
Scientists From Across Europe Meet In NewcastleGateshead
Sage Gateshead hosted more than 1,000 scientists and clinicians from across Europe at a key medical conference. The 41st annual meeting of the European Thyroid Association attracted 1,050 delegates from 22 countries during the four-day event, which took place at the international music and events centre in September. With support from the NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau…
Great Exhibition of the North 2018 engages millions
After 80 days of Northern culture, innovative technology, live performances and unforgettable experiences, Great Exhibition of the North has come to an end having engaged millions of people across NewcastleGateshead, the wider North and beyond. As Great Exhibition of the North closed with the Great North Run weekend, organisers of the biggest event in England…
New Artists Take Up Residency at Sage Gateshead this Summer
Musicians from across the North are being inspired by the surroundings of Sage Gateshead as they work on new projects at the music centre this summer, as part of Great Exhibition of the North. Sixteen artists have taken up free residencies at this year’s Summer Studio, which runs from 6 to 26 August, with the…
Artists Inspired By Great Outdoors For Great Exhibition
Musicians and poets took to Northumberland’s great outdoors for inspiration for a Great Exhibition of the North performance being staged at Sage Gateshead this summer. ‘Backbone of Our Land’, on Saturday 28 July, will be an evening of music and spoken word exploring what it means to be Northern. In recent weeks people connected to…